I know it's no fun if you're in such an accident, but in my own strange way I've been keeping track of accidents that take place within a single transit agency, i.e. a light rail vehicle hitting a bus operated by the same agency.

Of course there have been many incidents of one train hitting another, but this is limited to what happens at grade crossings between a train and a bus.

Should the near collision between the Sunset Limited and the Southwest Chief just outside of LA on the 14th of July get a mention? Apparently they did manage to stop but came within 150yards of each other where their paths cross.

Should the near collision between the Sunset Limited and the Southwest Chief just outside of LA on the 14th of July get a mention? Apparently they did manage to stop but came within 150yards of each other where their paths cross.

Didn't hear about that one... was it at Mission Tower outside Union Station, or at Colton Crossing?

Didn't hear about that one... was it at Mission Tower outside Union Station, or at Colton Crossing?

At Colton Crossing. I saw a brief discussion of it on the trainorders board, but naturally there was an unwillingness on the part of those close to the incident to provide any significant details.

And I just noticed that they came within 150 feet of each other past all signal protections somehow. See http://www.trainorde...126#msg-2232126. From the bits and pieces of info one could surmise that #1 did a SPAD requiring replacement of engine crew causing a huge delay. Fortunately both trains stopped apparently before anything bad happened.